central
I
(essential) adjective
basal, basic, capital, cardinal, chief, crucial, dominant, elemental, first, foremost, foundational, fundamental, highly important, indispensable, intrinsic, intrinsical, key, main, major, necessary, paramount, pivotal, primal, primary, principal, requisite, ruling, significant, supreme, underlying, vital
II
(situated near center) adjective
center, centermost, centric, centrical, equidistant, focal, halfway, inmost, inner, medial, median, mesial, middle, middlemost, midmost
associated concepts: central board of appeals, central filing, centralization center of gravity doctrine
III
index
cardinal (basic), cardinal (outstanding), federal, fundamental, indispensable, integral, intermediate, leading (ranking first), master, material (important), primary
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006